§ 78. Mr. ROBERT RICHARDSONasked the Secretary for War if he is aware that, despite the Memorandum he has recently-issued stating specifically that no Derby men will be sent further from home than the Army of the Rhine, men of the 33rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, stationed at Rouen, France, are under orders for Egypt; and, as the majority of the men concerned attested under the Derby scheme, what steps does he propose to take to enforce the pledges he has given?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that all Derby men were specifically excluded when this unit was placed under orders for Egypt.